Touchy Topics Tuesday

The planned discussion this week is set aside for a more personal conversation about apologies, and letting emotions influence, but not control our arguments.

Today's discussion is centered around Golden Globes winner Awkwafina and cultural appropriation. The article discussed in the episode can be found here: https://madamenoire.com/1123791/awkwafina-black-stereotypes/

This week's episode concerns the ongoing impeachment proceedings, focusing more on how different people can interpret the events in very different ways, and how we can seek to bridge that cap.

TTTe returns, with a discussion about the Holidays and how we deal with our stressed relationships during the season.

In our last episode before the break, TTTe circles back around to the catalyst of Tiffany, Chip, and Dewitt's meeting and friendship, the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri.

This week of Touchy Topics Tuesday deals with something many of us deal with every day- How we interact with trump supporters, either known or unknown?

This weeks discussion seeks to break down the feelings of cultural appropriation, and the effects, both good and bad. 

The question this week is a deceptively simple one: were the people who engaged in the slave trade Bad People?

Tiffany, Dewitt, and Chip are back for the Fall edition of Touchy Topics Tuesday #eXposed, starting off this new batch of shows with a discussion about the  efforts and how the effects of it are present today. 

On this week's episode Dewitt leads a discussion on the topic of being a race traitor, talking about the ideas behind loyalty to certain groups, and the difference in these loyalties between different divides.

Following the controversy over Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tiffany leads a discussion on the concept of code switching.

On this episode, Chip leads a discussion on what has been called "cancel culture", a recent phenomenon of casting out, or "cancelling", a public figure for saying or doing something that may be seen as offensive. The group covers examples from a large area, from Governors to musicians, talking about their personal feelings on these cases.

In the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque mass shooting, Dewitt leads a discussion on the topic of gun control.

On the inaugural episode of Touchy Topics Tuesday #exposed, hosts Tiffany, Dewitt, and Chip discuss some of their hopes and fears regarding this new podcast, their lives, and the world around us.